詞彙精選:companion的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
同伴;同事 [C]
例句:
Are you alone or with a companion?
你單獨一人還是與朋友在一起?
例句:
My companion waited for me at the end of the street.
我的同伴在街道盡頭等我。
成對物之一 [C]
例句:
Here's the glove for my left hand, but where's the companion?
這裡是我左手的手套,可是右手的在哪裡呢?
指南,參考書 [C]
例句:
The Gardener's Companion was written by David Green.
《園藝指南》是戴維·格林寫的。
例句:
She carries a traveller's companion with her.
她帶了一本旅行指南。
【天】伴星 [C]
(受僱服侍老人或病人的)看護婦 [C]
v.
陪伴 [T]
例句:
They companioned the visitors to the opera.
他們陪著來賓到劇院去。
二、詞義辨析:
associate,companion,comrade,colleague,fellow,partner
這些名詞均有“同事,夥伴”之意。associate普通用詞,側重指在利害關係上密切相關。 companion指陪伴他人的人,即同伴或陪伴。comrade指具有共同的事業、利益關係相一致的人。colleague一般用於對同事的正式稱呼,基本上專用在職業關係上。fellow多用複數形式,指一塊住、生活或同行共事的人。partner指事業中處於合夥關係的人,或指婚姻、遊戲、跳舞中的另一方。
三、相關短語:
stable companion
同一馬廄的馬
四、參考例句:
He is my lifetime companion.
他是我一生的伴侶。
Courtesy is the inseparable companion of virtue.
禮貌和美貌是分不開的伴侶。
The companion volume will soon be published.
這卷書的姊妹篇即將問世。
He is becoming a companion to them.
他成為他們的同伴。
He was a charming travelling companion.
他是個討人喜歡的旅伴。
Are you alone or with a companion?
你單獨一人還是與朋友在一起?
His dog became his closest companion.
Are you alone or with a companion?
你單獨一人還是與朋友在一起?
She is really a verbose companion,
她真是個嘮叨、囉唆的夥伴。
He was my traveling companion for several months.
幾個月中他一直是我的旅伴。